Metallic truss block-binder.



J. HORSPIELD. METALLIC TRUSS BLOCK BINDER.

APPLICATION TILED APR. 15, 1912.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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JOHN HORSFIELD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

METALLIC TRUSS BLOCK-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Application filed April 15, 1912. Serial No. 690,867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HoRsrinLn, residing at LOs Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California. have invented a new and useful Metallic Truss Block- Binder, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make a building block binder for hollow tile walls and the like, and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the use of my metallic truss block binder placed horizontally in a run .ning wall. Fig. 9. is a fragmentary perspective showing the block binder placed horizontally in a corner. Fig. 3 is a perspective,of a section of the block binder standing vertically. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the attachment of a modification of the metallic truss block binder to a ceiling beam.

Referring to the drawings in detailthe tie bars 1 and 2 are adapted to run vertically or longitudinally of the wall and may be of any desired length to fit the proposed wall. The clutches or sockets 3 are adapted to receive the edges of the blocks and are placed crosswise of the tie bars 1 and 2. The sockets 3 are preferably formed of strapiron; and each comprises a straight flat central portion 4:, long enough to reach across the edge of the proposed block, and the end port-ions 5 and 6 bent at right angles to the central portion 4 and adapted to fit against the side faces of the block. The clutches 3 are arranged alternately upon the tie bars 1 and 2 so that the end pieces 5 and 6 of one clutch project one way and the end pieces of the next clutch project the other way and the clutches projecting one way are preferably half way between the clutches projecting the other way.

When the binder is to be used with standard hollow tile, which are usually twelve inches square, the clutches 3 will be located so as to overlap the joints 7 between the tile.

In applying the clutches 3 to the tie bars 1 and 2 the rivet holes in the clutches are so located that the tie bars 1 and 2 will be inside of the ends of the central portions 4 of the clutches 3 so that when the binder is laid upon the tile, as in Fig. 1, the tie bars 1 and 2 will be inside of the side faces 8 and 9 of the blocks, and this construction leaves a space 10 between the rows of blocks outside of the tie bars 1 and 2 and said space may be filled with any desired finish such as plaster, cement, putty coat or the like.

\Vhen the wall is being built of hollow tile or blocks and the tile or blocks are placed all one way in the wall the openings 11 in the tile or blocks will register either up and down or horizontally, as the case may be, and these openings will register with the openings 12 between the tie bars 1 and 2 and between the clutches 3 so that the insertion of the binder in the wall will not stop the circulation of the air through the open ings 11.

When it is desired to make a corner as in Fig. 2 the tie bars 1 and 2 are fastened together and the corner clutches 3 are made without inner ends.

It is obvious that the binder may be used vertically, as studs, as well as horizontally.

Referring to Fig. 4, when it is desired to make a ceiling with blocks, half clutches 13 are attached to the ceiling beam 1 1 and con nected to a single tie bar 1 or 2, the supporting ends of the clutches 13 being sufliciently below the lower face of the beam 1 1 so that a tile or block may be passed under the beam into the clutch.

My metallic truss block binder is capable of adaptation to many uses and places in hollow tile and block construction. For instance, a wall of the desired dimensions either square or rectangular may be con structed to the desired height or depth and then filled with concrete to produce a pillar; or an outer and an inner wall may be constructed and the space between the two walls filled with concrete to produce a single thick, heavy wall.

When it is desired to construct a floor or ceiling the binder may be placed edgewise with its ends attached to suitable supports and then it serves as a girder, the tie bars 1 and 2 becoming truss rods or forming a truss.

Thus I have produced a binder for holding building blocks such as hollow tile in alinement, said binder comprising an open frame-work to fit between the abutting faces of the building blocks and teeth or projections extending laterally both ways from the frame-work and adapted to clutch the build ing blocks and hold them from lateral movement relative to each other, the openings in the frame-work registering with the open ings in the hollow blocks so as not to oh struct the air passages; said frame-work being narrower than the hollow blocks; and said frame-work being in the nature of a truss so as to serve as a girder or stud.

The details of construction may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of my invention as set up in the following claims.

1. A metallic truss block binder for use in a hollow block wall, comprising two parallel bars; and clutches having central portions rigidly connecting the parallel bars and end portions bent at right angles, said parallel bars being closer together than the width of the clutches, the openings between the parallel bars and the clutches registering with the openings in the hollow blocks, the clutches being arranged alternately first one Way and then the other and spaced apart to fit the hollow blocks so as to overlap the joints between the hollow blocks and hold the hollow blocks in alinement relative to each other, there being spaces between the abutting faces of the hollow blocks outside of the parallel bars for finishing material. 2. A metallic truss blockbinder for use in a hollow block wall comprising two parallel bars; and clutches having central portions rigidly connecting the parallel bars and end portions bent at right angles, said clutches being arranged alternately, with the end portions extending in opposite directions.

JOHN HORSFIELD.

Witnesses 2 B. MoMAsTER, 1?. N. MYERS.

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